CVE-2020-28097
The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
- netapp:cloud_backup
- netapp:h300e_firmware
- netapp:h300s_firmware
- netapp:h410c_firmware
- netapp:h410s_firmware
- netapp:h500e_firmware
- netapp:h500s_firmware
- netapp:h700e_firmware
- netapp:h700s_firmware
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.8.10
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/176
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0001/